Palekh miniature

Palekh miniature (Russian: Палехская миниатюра) is a Russian folk handicraft of a miniature painting, which is done with tempera paints on varnished articles made of papier-mâché (including the creation of small boxes, cigarette cases, and powder cases).

History

Palekh Russian lacquer art on papier-mâché first appeared in 1923 in the village of Palekh, located in the Palekhsky District (Ivanovo Oblast), and is based on a long local history of icon painting.^[1]

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  An allegorical representation of the Third International in a 1927 Palekh miniature by Ivan Golikov.
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  A scene from the fairy tale Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf
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  Palekh miniature. Troika with wolves.

Palekh on Soviet postage stamps

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  1958 stamp
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  Demon by A. Kochupalov.
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  Vasilisa the Beautiful by I. Vakurov.
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  Snegurochka by T. Zubkova.
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  Summer by K. Kukuliyeva.